One reason why I no longer watch network news shows is that such programs decided they had to “become more interactive”. The goal was to compete with Internet, but the outcome has been to bring the worst of that medium to the airwaves. Over to Mitchell and Webb:

[Cross-posted at The Reality-based Community]

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Keith Humphreys is a Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University and served as Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Obama Administration. @KeithNHumphreys